Data

Businesses will have to conduct legal assessments to ensure they can transfer data from the EU to the US and other countries, following a European Court of Justice ruling

Health care firms, especially those involved in vaccine and treatment research, are prime targets.

Information Commissioner’s Office annual report reflects on a busy period, during which it levied two of the largest fines so far seen under the GDPR

The Department of Health and Social Care failed in its legal obligation to complete a mandatory Data Protection Impact Assessment

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486348/Test-and-Trace-programme-unlawful-admits-government

A survey conducted by data management business DSA Connect has found that 30% of employees are handling more data and that more than a third (37%) anticipated an increase in both the number and value of data breach fines by 2025.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/nearly-a-third-of-employees-are-handling-more-data?utm_source=iContact%2BWeekly%2BNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legal-futures&utm_content=

The European Court of Justice has struck down Privacy Shield, the EU-US data-sharing agreement, creating uncertainty for European countries that share data with the US and pressuring the US to reform surveillance laws

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486234/Schrems-v-Facebook-European-court-strikes-down-EU-US-Privacy-Shield-agreement

Apparent insider breach at Twitter saw so-called “blue tick” accounts of business people, politicians and celebrities hijacked to promote a Bitcoin scam

The EU just threw a wrench into transatlantic e-commerce by blocking a key agreement between Europe and the US. Europe’s top court announced that it has effectively invalidated the Privacy Shield that just went into force, saying it won’t adequately protect EU citizens from mass US surveillance.

Orange has confirmed to BleepingComputer that they suffered a ransomware attack exposing the data of twenty of their enterprise customers.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/orange-confirms-ransomware-attack-exposing-business-customers-data/#.XxGAYBEbCpY.twitter

Last summer’s data leak at the hotel chain appears to be far more expansive than previously thought — or the credentials could come from a hack of DataViper.

https://threatpost.com/leaked-details-142-million-mgm-hotel-guests/157402/